"We are pleased to announce our next XRP giveaway! This giveaway is being run by SnapSwap, a new US-based Ripple gateway. OpenCoin is giving 1500 XRP to anyone who signs up and verifies a US bank account with them. See SnapSwap's blog for details on how to do this.

We especially encourage developers and other people interested in experimenting with the Ripple system to participate in this and future XRP giveaways.

Due to attempts to defraud giveaways, we will be discontinuing mailings to the "Ripple News" and "Ripple Developer Newsletter" lists. If you would like to receive further emails from OpenCoin, you can sign up for the new OpenCoin mailing list. For other giveaway announcements, you can also subscribe to the International Ripple Business Association's mailing list. (If you don't want to receive any more emails from us, simply take no action.)"